What if we changed the narrative about our country? After almost 50 years in education, mentoring young people, and developing communities, I believe New Zealand’s greatest untapped resource is within our people—not beneath our land or surrounding our shores. Too...
The neuroscience behind relationships that help us grow What if one of the most powerful tools for changing a person’s life isn’t a programme, a qualification, a performance review or even a brilliant piece of advice? What if it is another human being? We...
Every generation longs for peace. Indeed, it is one of humanity’s oldest dreams. Parents pray for it as they raise their children. Communities seek it after tragedy. Nations negotiate for it after conflict. Religious leaders preach it. Politicians promise it....
“The deepest human need is not simply to be successful. It is to know that someone genuinely sees us.” In recent times, I asked a group of business and other leaders a simple question: “Who had the greatest positive influence on your life?” The...
“Robin… I nearly died. Before anything happened, there was someone I needed to thank.” It was a Saturday evening in New Zealand when my phone rang—a WhatsApp call from Los Angeles. The voice belonged to Jabu, a former student from a school in South...
“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” That well-known saying has been repeated so often that it risks becoming a cliché. However, after nearly fifty years in education and mentoring, I have found it to be remarkably...
